FOXE, John. Acts and Monuments of Matters most Speciall and Memorable, happening in the Church, with an Universall Historie of the Same. Wherein is set forth at large, the whole Race and Course of the Church, from the Primitive Age to these Later Times of ours, with the… great Persecutions against the true Martyrs. London: 1641. 2 vols. only (of 3), folio (410 x 265mm.) Portrait frontispiece to vol. I, decorative titles and 3 plates (1 folding), 73 illustrations. (Old damp-staining to vol. I, mostly to inner margin, portrait frontispiece creased, first few leaves of vol. I with minor marginal worm damage, some old creasing and browning.) Old calf (worn). Provenance: John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret (bookplates).